Martin Middlebrook is the only British historian to have been granted
open access to the Argentines who planned and fought the Falklands War.
It ranks with Liddell Hart's The Other Side of the Hill in analyzing and
understanding the military thinking and strategies of Britain's sometime
enemy, and is essential reading for all who wish to understand the
workings of military minds.
The author has managed to avoid becoming involved in the issue of
sovereignty and concentrates entirely upon the military story. He has
produced a genuine 'first' with this balanced and unique work. Among the
men he met were the captain of the ship that took the scrap-metal
merchants to South Georgia; the admiral in charge of planning the
Falklands invasion; the marine commander and other members of the
invasion force; two brigadier-generals, five unit commanders and many
other men of the large army force sent to occupy and defend the
islands.; the officer in charge of the Argentine garrison at Goose
Green; and finally the brigadier-general responsible for the Defence of
Port Stanley and soldiers of all ranks who fought the final battles.